I finally got the chance to try Creed Aventus at Neiman Marcus

Ok, I have wanted to try Creed Aventus forever...and today I had the chance to try Creed Aventus and it reminds me very much of Creed Himalayas mixed with Nautica Voyage... it has that clean soapy smell and that apple scent from Nautica Voyage...over all it's a nice scent... but for $200 for a bottle... I doubt it for now...

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I savaged Aventus in my basenotes review. But really, I'm kind of neutral on it. It smells uninspired to me, and at times synthetic. But it does have some good points, too. The blackcurrant is interesting.

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Originally Posted by change1

Ok, I have wanted to try Creed Aventus forever...and today I had the chance to try Creed Aventus and it reminds me very much of Creed Himalayas mixed with Nautica Voyage... it has that clean soapy smell and that apple scent from Nautica Voyage...over all it's a nice scent... but for $200 for a bottle... I doubt it for now...

I don't get any "soapy smell" from it at all...it smells quite unique to me.

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Aventus humper here! Even though i am unable to read what the OP wrote i thought i would give my useless opinion that Aventus is great. If it was in a bottle with a pointy gold top, cost twice as much and came in a velvet bag, it would be hated less.
Also do not get Zara Sprint as it is a copy of Paco Black XS and no where near as good as Aventus.

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First post before the onlslaught of attacks and agreement posts. This is a change1 thread, therefore will somehow get 60 posts easily.

Remember people, you can only be a Creed humper or Creed hater. There is NO in between.

LOL

I'm neither humping nor hating, nor in between. I'm just here because of some mysterious Force, to help make sure that the change1 thread goes to >60, since this is a mathematical certainty. *cue Twilight Zone music*

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Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto

LOL

I'm neither humping nor hating, nor in between. I'm just here because of some mysterious Force, to help make sure that the change1 thread goes to >60, since this is a mathematical certainty. *cue Twilight Zone music*

My theory is that he puts a dollar in a jar for every thread he starts. Then at the end of the week he buys a bottle of Creed or Serge Lutens with the money.

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Re: I finally got the chance to try Creed Aventus at Neiman Marcus

Originally Posted by heperd

Also do not get Zara Sprint as it is a copy of Paco Black XS and no where near as good as Aventus.

Sounds like something a Creed rep would say! LOL. I've tried all four (including the two Zaras), and for me Black XS is unwearable, due to its harshness. It's also has a different predominant fruit note (a strawberry kind of thing rather than pineapple). I did a side by side with Aventus and Zara's Gold, and they were nearly identical to me. I wonder if I sprayed Gold and Aventus on two different people and had those people walk by a Creed lover. Could they tell the difference? I don't think so !

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Having just recently tried it myself, I love the freshness wIth the pineapple note, far superior longevity and projection than Himalayas too. Colleagues in the office were pretty impressed with it too, definitely has a place in my summer line up...just need to buy a bottle or bigger decant now.

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Originally Posted by Surfacing

Remember people, you can only be a Creed humper or Creed hater. There is NO in between.

Eh, I'm in between on Creed. More of a hater because of their dubious history and general averageness of their perfumes, but they make a super fantastic 5* fragrance (MI) so I'm in between.
Aventus though...hmm...it smells like a little smoky too-sweet pineapple juice which has begun to turn bad in the fridge. But since it falls in the general citrus-fresh-aquatic column of course my girlfriend is unable to not like it.

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One of Creeds best in my opinion. Huge projection and longevity - plus I adore the notes and what they smell like combined.

I do note that this is my first Creed, and probably the fragrance that sparked my interest for this hobby - so call me biased as hell. It has made me sample alot, and pick up several other Creeds I really love, as well as a cute and tiny amount of other frags.

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Originally Posted by Bigsly

Sounds like something a Creed rep would say! LOL. I've tried all four (including the two Zaras), and for me Black XS is unwearable, due to its harshness. It's also has a different predominant fruit note (a strawberry kind of thing rather than pineapple). I did a side by side with Aventus and Zara's Gold, and they were nearly identical to me. I wonder if I sprayed Gold and Aventus on two different people and had those people walk by a Creed lover. Could they tell the difference? I don't think so !

But Bigsly, I gotta say - the similarity is all in the fruity topnotes. Which we all know you hate! What about the base? Personally, I find Aventus has a much nicer base (and that's the part I like - the smoky birch, and especially early on when the blackcurrant is sharpening it up). The Zara smells good enough to get an impulse buy out of the store, but that base just gets left in the dust fairly soon, in my opinion. Too soft for me, without going full-tilt powdery or anything that's at least more well-defined.

Originally Posted by Renard

But since it falls in the general citrus-fresh-aquatic column of course my girlfriend is unable to not like it.

He-he-he-he-he. I love the way you said that.

I may not exactly be an Aventus fanboy, but I simply have to admit that this thing charms the ladies in an obvious way. Makes me wonder if this stuff got focus-grouped. No law that says Creed or its anonymous "less-than-master" perfumers can't do it.

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Originally Posted by hreple

One of Creeds best in my opinion. Huge projection and longevity - plus I adore the notes and what they smell like combined.

I do note that this is my first Creed, and probably the fragrance that sparked my interest for this hobby - so call me biased as hell. It has made me sample alot, and pick up several other Creeds I really love, as well as a cute and tiny amount of other frags.

Hey, that's great! I can see it - Aventus is something of an ideal fragrance to get people interested in the hobby. It has a lot of popular appeal, but it's still somewhat off the mainstream. No reason to ever deny your first love, in fragrance or anything else. Creed has been good for me too, even though it's probably not my absolute favorite house. I think that, once I found some Creeds that I liked, I really got deeper into things. It didn't work for my first main "love house" (that was probably Hermes, Bulgari, or TDC), but it helped me define what I liked and didn't like. And Creeds are fun to analyze, because a LOT of people are smelling them, so there's a lot of opinion.